  Serzh Sargsyan congratulates Goris residents with town’s 140th anniversaryOctober 16, 2010 - 12:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan participated in festivities dedicated to the 140th anniversary of Goris town, an industrial center of the Syunik region of Armenia. President Sargsyan took a walk along the town’s central street to congratulate the residents, a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent reported from the scene. Goris, situated amidst green mountains 240 km from Yerevan, is one of the beautiful tourist destinations in the country. Goris is popular for the large number of carved rock dwellings. It is also home to the Axel Bakunts museum, one of Armenia’s great prose writers, who died in prison in 1937.   Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says.   Partner news |  Latest news Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |
